Adelphi Language Database: Roma

Native Name: Romani or Romany
Number of Speakers: 5-6 million
Official language of: recognized as minority language in parts of: Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Finland
Script used: Latin (Variation)

Sample of Romani

O sa cacipa thaj tromalipa programirime ko akava Dokumenti preperena sakone dženeske bizo razlika ko dhikhiba ki rasa, farba e mortikako, o pol i chib, i religija, thaj o politikano ja aver gndalipe, o nacionalno ja amalikano iklipe, i situacija e barvalipaski, o bijandipe ja bilo savo šarti.
Poodori, nane te kherelpe nisavi razlika ki baza e politikakiri, e cacipaskiri ja o maškarenacioalno satatusi e phuvjako ja e teritorijako kote so pherela nesavo manuš, bilo te ovel biatxinalo, telo phuriba, e biavtonomijako ja palem te arakipe ko bilo savo granicipe ko suvereniteti.

Romany, or Romani, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 5-6 million Roma people throughtout Europe and the USA. The largest concetration of Roma people live in Romania. In English these people are often called Gypsies. The language is closely related to the languages of northern India, particularly Punjabi, and the Roma are thought to have originally come from that region. Some people consider Romany to be a group of dialects while others think there are several, closely-related Romany languages.

Today Romani is spoken by small groups in 42 European countries. A project at Manchester University in England is transcribing Romani dialects, many of which are on the brink of extinction, for the first time. A standardized form of Romani is used in Serbia, and in Serbia’s autonomous province of Vojvodina Romani is one of the officially recognized languages of minorities having its own radio stations and news broadcasts.

Romani Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles

Adelphi Translations Ltd. work translating Romani to English and English to Romani. We also produce voice recordings and subtitles for video in Romani as well as translation and localization of web sites into Romani. We are based in Sheffield, UK and handle language projects for local clients in commercial centres such as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and London but also have many International clients from around the world.